Warren

Formed January 1, 1813 (46^th county)

Warren County (65,737), Queensbury* (29,169), Glens Falls (14,833)

A Modern red brick courthouse was built in 1963.  It is located on United States Highway 9 at Gurney Lane.  Milton Lee Crandell, Charles T. Whitney, and William Bouton provided the building designs.  A County Administration Building was also built in 1963.  Warren County was established on January 1, 1813 from Washington County as the 46^th county with Lake George as the original county seat.  There was an 1845 courthouse earlier.  Queensbury became the county seat in 1963.  The county is named for American Revolutionary War General Joseph Warren.  The county seat is named for the lake.  Warren County was the birthplace for 2 New York Governors, Charles E. Hughes, Sr., and John Alden Dix. 

Warren County government consists of an executive, an administrator, a sheriff, a comptroller, an attorney, an assessor, and a clerk (executive).  It has 20 Legislators (legislative.)  One County Court Judge and Two Family Court Judges serve Warren County (judicial.)  The county is in the northeast part of New York.  The Hudson River flows through the county.  Albany, New York is south of the county.  The county center is 15.1 miles North of Lake George nearer Chestertown.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Essex, Washington, Saratoga, and Hamilton counties. 

The area of the county is 870 square miles.  It is 25 out of 62 in the state.  It ranks 38 out of 62 in population in the state.  It has a density of 75.6 persons per square mile making it 40 out of 62 in the state.  Warren County has 24.1% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 87 crosses the county north to south from Essex County to Saratoga County.  United States Highway 9 parallels Interstate Highway 87 from Essex to Saratoga counties.  Warren County looks like the number 7 with its leg shortened.  Queensbury is located in the southeast quarter of the county.  Glens Falls is in the southeast corner of the county.  Queensbury is the county seat and Glens Falls is the largest city.  Queensbury is 44.4% of the county population although it is not incorporated.  Glens Falls is 22.6% of the county population.  This county is in the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.